Here is tutorial for Princess Zelda's pauldrons. I am yet to make the top half of the pauldrons, and am currently working on that, however here is the completed tutorial for the bottom half of the pauldrons.
So first off, I traced the pattern onto a piece of craft foam, and cut it out. I started off with a patter to trace, however, the pattern I had was too small, so I ended up drawing it freehand, before folding it in half to make the edges even.
The next thing I did was heat it up. Heating it up softens the foam and gives you the ability to shape it. I set my foam in the oven, although you can use a hairdryer. Once it was soft in the oven, I rolled the foam up in foil and placed it back in the oven for five more minutes.
When it has cooled, it should remain in the shape it was heated in. Don't worry if it's too curled up, when we glue it to the top half, it will unroll a bit.
I glued the bottom half to the top half, and sealed the edges with paper. When you glue it, things will get messy, and it will look like you've used a whole heap of unnecessary glue (Don't worry, as you will need a lot of glue to keep it in one piece).
The next thing I did was cover the whole thing it resin. I originally planned to use fiberglass mat as well, but I didn't end up using it.
When that dried, it was finally time to paint it. First I applied a base coat of black spray paint. Over that I used gold. I was happy with the gold paint over the resin, however, it didn't look realistic enough for me, so along all the edges I ended up painting on black paint the give it a weathered look. I then smudged that out, before hand painting more gold paint over the black.
And that's it. If you have any questions about this, do not hesitate to ask, as I'm happy to reply.
- Jeditwins Cosplay
Great tutorial, however I do have a question. Did you use this technique for the other parts of the pauldrons, or just the lower half? And are you going to do a tutorial for the other pieces? Thank you
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